CJAD 710 - Adult & Juvenile Systems of Justice (4 Credit Hours)

Students will analyze complex and multi-systemic adult and juvenile systems of justice and social control mechanisms on both a micro and macro level. Attention will be given to innovative initiatives and best-practices from across the nation with a view toward positive social change. Technology for effective cross-system collaboration will also be addressed, as will the role of constitutional protections and constraints on arrest, prosecution, conviction, and incarceration.

CJAD 720 - Criminology Theory & Solutions to Crime (4 Credit Hours)

Students will evaluate contemporary criminology theories and apply them to formulate prevention, treatment, and crime control models, within a framework of cultural diversity. Crime data relationships and patterns will also be integrated with biological, psychological, and sociological theories of criminal behavior in a critical evaluation of contemporary criminological theories. Policy formation and implementation will also be addressed.

CJAD 730 - Adult & Juvenile Penology (4 Credit Hours)

Students evaluate contemporary prison and punishment models and theories of punishment. Students compare and contrast prison systems and develop solutions to penology challenges, such as overcrowding and the detrimental impacts of prison life. Finally, students analyze penal administration and accountability.

CJAD 740 - Strategic Policing & Contemporary Crime Control Strategies (4 Credit Hours)

Students will learn how policing strategies are developed, tested, implemented and evaluated in a democratic society. Evidence-based practice will be explored against innovative policing tactics and the evolving policy and political dynamic at play. Students will learn how policy issues are framed, identify participants in the policy process, and discover how policy is created. Students will examine the usefulness and strategic implications of COMPSTAT, community policing, intelligence led policing, and transnational cybercrime.

CJAD 745 - Crime Scene Investigation (4 Credit Hours)

This course presents the fundamentals of crime scene investigation. During this course, students will learn about the identification, documentation, and collection of physical evidence at crime scenes. Students will assess techniques for crime scene documentation including note-taking, photography, fingerprinting, and sketching. They will also assess collection and packaging techniques for different types of evidence to ensure that evidence is protected for future examination and analysis. Students will be challenged to think critically about the management of crime scenes, evidence collection, analysis procedures, and evidence admissibility in court.

CJAD 750 - Crime Scene Photography (4 Credit Hours)

This course covers principles of photography in a digital format. During this course, students will be provided with a technical foundation of photography that can assist with the documentation and presentation of evidence in criminal investigations. Students will learn how to capture and analyze photographic evidence. Additionally, students will understand best practices for capturing and maintaining photographic evidence in crime scene investigations.

CJAD 755 - Science of Fingerprints (4 Credit Hours)

This course focuses on the processing, recovery, and photography of latent fingerprint evidence. During this course, students will learn techniques for processing latent fingerprints on various surface types, using both mechanical and chemical techniques. Students will learn how to analyze fingerprint types. They will learn the principles used in classifying and matching fingerprints. Additionally, students will learn how fingerprints are used in court and the extent to which fingerprint identification is sound and scientific.

CJAD 760 - Miscarriages of Justice: the Death Penalty & Beyond (4 Credit Hours)

The course introduces students to the magnitude, complexities, and causes of miscarriages of justice within the U.S. criminal justice system. Students examine individual and systemic injustices and analyze the human and financial costs associated with them. Students develop feasible solutions to mitigate miscarriages of justice, taking into account American political, cultural, and legal frameworks.

Course Prerequisites - CJAD 700

CJAD 8205 - Criminal Justice Leadership (4 Credit Hours)

In order to effectively lead a criminal justice organization, one must understand the principles and practices of effective leadership. Having the ability to inspire, challenge, and encourage subordinates toward a shared mission and goal is a critical skill that criminal justice leaders must possess. Additionally, having the tools to assess, evaluate and make critical decisions in extreme situations is necessary for all criminal justice leaders. This criminal justice leadership course equips students with the skills necessary to ethically and effectively lead a criminal justice organization. They will also be challenged to create practical leadership policies for criminal justice organizations.

Course Prerequisites - GRAD 888 or ENG 8010, ENG 800 or ENG 8020

CJAD 8206 - Advanced Seminar in the Administration of Justice (4 Credit Hours)

This course examines administration of justice agencies and processes from a historical and contemporary context. It includes an in-depth analysis of contemporary issues and challenges in justice organizations. It also explores policies and procedures that impact the administration of justice.

Course Prerequisites - GRAD 888 or ENG 8010, ENG 800 or ENG 8020